41 Peg and the Karetai Trail
I’ve wanted for some time to document the 41 Peg track that follows an old bridle track from Tomahawk Lagoon...
Tag: Otago Peninsula
A Peek at Pukehiki Church
In my Peninsula adventures, there’s been one place I’ve often passed by but never stopped to investigate. This place is...
The Suffragist Virago and the Stonemason: Patons of Highcliff
I was offered another tantalising piece to the puzzle that is Otago Peninsula’s early settler history when a Highcliff landowner...
Into the Chasm and a Horse-Poking Kerfuffle
A fellow adventurer and one of 12 loyal readers for this blog offered to take me out to a Dunedin...
Estates and Inventions on the Buskin Track
Previously, I have documented the various abandoned farmsteads to be found on Otago Peninsula’s Paradise Track, a project which took...
Two Years of Kiwi Adventures!
It’s hard to believe that we have now reached the second anniversary of this humble blog. Our last anniversary found...
Lurking Around Larnach’s Farm
I have a confession to make: I’ve never been to Larnach Castle. And today, I once again would not see...
To Beatties and Boulder Beach
Once again it was time to tackle Otago Peninsula’s Paradise Track, which on my last visit had yielded so much...
An Interesting Walk – There’s No De-Nyhon!
Okay, I admit it, I have a pun problem. I’m sorry you had to see that. Once again it was time...
Full Circle at Okia
Five months I’d been out of New Zealand. I’d walked in the millennium-old footsteps of pilgrims, I’d watched the sunset...